Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès

Louis -Antoine Garnier- Pagès ( born February 16, 1803 in Marseille, † October 31, 1878 in Paris) was a member of the French provisional government of 1848.

Louis Antoine Garnier- Pagès, half-brother of Étienne Joseph Louis Garnier- Pagès was, at the outbreak of the Revolution of July trading broker in Paris, directed the building of barricades in the district of St. Avoye, but then devoted himself entirely to the stores until the death of his brother in 1841 prompted him to enter into a political career.

In the Chamber of Deputies elected, he joined the far left. But he participated less in the political principle questions as to the business and financial issues. Only in the reform agitation in 1847, he appeared as one of the most active leaders of the Left. After the February Revolution of 1848 he was appointed mayor of Paris and a member of the provisional government and began its effectiveness so that he absorbed that. Right of workers to work proclaimed.

On March 5, appointed Minister of Finance, he obtained from the Bank of France against the pledge of Staatsforsten a loan of 230 million francs by gave the bank notes forced currency, adjourned the redemption of treasury bills that made up nearly two-thirds of the floating debt, also took the remainder thereof, savings bank deposits in the amount of 350.Mill. , for the needs of the State in respect only by also allowing repayments to Belauf of 100 Fr and exhibited for the rest of treasury bills or bonds letters, direct taxes increased by 45 per cent and avoided through this and similar, though highly unpopular measures at least the looming financial crisis.

Shortly after, he was elected to the enforcement committee, which took the place of the provisional government, but was ousted after just six weeks by the dictatorship of Louis Eugène Cavaignacs. From then on again -bencher, he agreed with the more moderate part of the Democratic Party, but also took part now almost only in the discussion of financial issues.

In the Legislative Assembly no longer elected, he withdrew from public life and devoted himself mainly industrial enterprises, partly drafting the detailed Histoire de la révolution de 1848 ( Paris, 1861-62, 8 vols, 2nd edition 1866).

In March 1864 he was re-elected by a Parisian constituency in the Legislative Body, where it adjoined the small but formidable opposition party. After the fall of the Empire in September 1870 G. became a member of the provisional government, but had in its activities are only a small proportion. In the elections of February 8th he was not elected to the National Assembly and was weakened his health 's sake in Cannes down. His great work on the February Revolution he added by dieHistoire de la Commission exécutive ( 1869-72, 2 vols ) and L' opposition et l'Empire (1873, 2 ​​vols ).

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• Minister of Finance (France)
• Mayor (Paris)
• Frenchman
• Born in 1803
• Died in 1878
• Man